Constraints faced by farmers in drip irrigation system

Abstract

The study was conducted to identify the constraints in adopting the drip irrigation\rsystem by collecting data from 150 farmers in Anand and Vadodara Districs of Gujarat. The data\ranalyzed by statically tools. The constraints were grouped into four categories viz., economic,\rtechnological, administrative and personal socio-psychological constraints. The major constraints\rfaced by farmers in adopting drip irrigation system were time-to-time attention for minor repairs (3.88),\rinadequate and uncertainly in power supply (3.86), frequent clogging of drippers and microtubes\r(3.78), heavy initial expenses (3.56) and lack of technical know-how as well as lack of proper training.